Atractodes arator Haliday, 1838

Verheyde, Fons, Hoekstra, Paul, Libert, Pierre-Nicolas, Meijer, Hilco, Ketelaere, Augustijn De, Vandaudenard, Thibaud, Belgers, Dick & Brosens, Edwin, 1880, Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 122, pp. 1-142 : 87-88

Atractodes arator Haliday, 1838

Atractodes arator also belongs to the group of species with a smooth and unshagreened mesopleuron. It has two bullae in the fore wing and the tarsal claws are relatively long and weakly curved with a thin base. It is a bigger species, measuring approximately 7–8 mm ( JUSSILA, 2001). First report for Belgium and the Netherlands.

MATERIAL EXAMINED:

BELGIUM: • 1 ♂; Mechelen , Zennegat (AN); 51°03’46”N 4°25’48”E; 1/vii/2018 [date estimated]; C. Deschepper leg.; coll. FV; field observation; F. Verheyde det. (ObsID: 207829939) .

THE NETHERLANDS: • 1 ♀; Ureterp , Terrein de Fûgelhelling (FR); 53°06’15”N 6°08’24”E; 22/viii/2020; H. Meijer leg.; coll. HM; light trap; H. Meijer det.